About Us

High Performance Computing (HPC) at LSU, or HPC@LSU, is
a joint partnership between LSU's Center for Computation
& Technology (CCT) and LSU's Information Technology
Services (ITS). We promote scientific computing and
technology across all disciplines, enabling education,
research and discovery through the use of emerging, advanced
technologies. HPC@LSU provides the infrastructure and support
necessary to facilitate heroic research efforts, utilizing
cutting-edge technology to push the limits of scientific
discovery.

Through HPC@LSU, University faculty, staff and students
can access LSU’s
supercomputer, Tezpur, and
other high-performance computing systems on campus. HPC@LSU
provides system administration and consultation support for
the Louisiana Optical Network
Infrastructure
(LONI)
supercomputers. LONI contributed one half of the computational
cycles from QueenBee, it's centerpiece system, to
the TeraGrid
as a resource provider. LONI became the newest partner on
TeraGrid, the backbone of U.S. cyberinfrastructure, in late
2007 and retired from Teragrid in March 2012.

Serving as a central point to access all HPC resources and
user expertise at LSU and LONI, HPC@LSU provides production
HPC cycles and services to researchers on campus, the state,
throughout the nation, and across the world.

HPC Organization

In April 2011, Chancellor Michael Martin approved the
reorganization of HPC@LSU under the leadership of LSU's ITS
and CCT. HPC@LSU is now organized into two tiers

HPC-1@LSU whose responsiblity includes fundamental HPC
operations, systems and "tier 1" level support
services. HPC-1@LSU is a division within LSU's ITS and is
headed by the HPC Director, Samuel
White

HPC-2@LSU whose responsibility includes "tier 2" level
consultation and advising to the campus/institution
research community, enabling the broader adoption and use
of HPC and other forms of Cyber Infrastructure (CI) - on
campus, regionally, and as part of national CI fabric- by
that community. HPC-2@LSU, also known
as CCT
HPC Enablement is a division within LSU's CCT and is
headed by the CCT Asst Dir., Computational
Enablement, James A. Lupo

HPC Contact Information

The HPC@LSU manages LSU’s and LONI’s
supercomputers, and can help users to create accounts,
provide customer service and support research
efforts. Please contact the HPC@LSU for help with any
high-performance computing related needs you encounter:

NSF XSEDE Campus Champion

Several Louisiana Institutions have an XSEDE Campus
Champion who is able to provide local users with
information on
NSF XSEDE
(Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery
Environment). XSEDE "is the most advanced, powerful,
and robust collection of integrated advanced digital
resources and services in the world. It is a single
virtual system that scientists can use to interactively
share computing resources, data, and expertise."